EV 101 Workshop
EV 101: What to Know Before You Buy
EV Workshop
Saturday, June 1st from 10 AM to 3 PM
Workshop Location: CCAC West Hills Center, 1000 McKee Road, Oakdale, PA 15071.
Please join Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities and our club members for a day of learning about electric vehicles. This free day of learning and interaction includes:
EV Workshops
Q&A sessions with EV Owners
EV Showcase
EV Ride N Drives
Breakfast and lunch included with Registration.
Register Now to participate in the Workshop and/or to display an electric vehicle in the EV Showcase.
If you would like to help promote the event, please download and share or print out the
EV101-June1.pdf.
Presenters
Join members of our club as they lead the various workshops to help members of the public decide if owning an electric vehicle is right for them.
Jonathan Belak
Jonathan Belak is the President of the Three Rivers EVA, since 2008, and is a very knowledgeable asset to our club.
Jonathan has been driving electric vehicles for the past twenty years. He has over 40,000
educational research hours in electro-magnetic propulsion, ev history and battery systems. He
has designed and built a wide variety of electric vehicles.
Jonathan is a two time electric drag racing world record holder since 2010. He has worked with
several organizations and educational institutions at the local, state, regional, national and world
levels, in promoting and educating the general public about electric vehicles.
Chris Gassman
Chris Gassman is the Senior Associate Director of the
Center for Sustainable Business, a leading business strategy collaboration hub at the University of Pittsburgh.
In addition to road tripping his 2019 Chevy Bolt, he is a social intrapreneur with a decade of experience across the U.S., Egypt, Germany, China, and beyond, helping companies thrive. He hosts interviews with CEOs about doing well by doing good on
The Market And The Good Podcast.
Chris earned his MBA / JD joint degree from Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He received his BA from the University of Colorado at Boulder, with a double major in International Affairs and Political Science.
Rick Price
Rick Price is the Executive Director of Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities and has been involved with the Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities for almost 15 years.
He has served as coalition coordinator, president, and has been a member of the Board of Directors for five years. He retired from the U.S. Department of Energy in 2007 after 37 years of service.
Mr. Price was the Organizational Property Management Officer for the National Energy Technology Laboratory for 20 years, during which his duties included serving as the Motor Vehicle Manager of a fleet of 82 vehicles. He was instrumental in bringing alternative fueled vehicles and infrastructure to the lab and won an award for small fleets from the DOE in 2005.
Who else?
We are looking for Volunteer Leaders for several mini workshops.
